Greetings Sarath, Considering Retro clear this we can discuss whether Visuddhimagga is a useful document and whether it does not agree with Sutta. You can certainly do that here in this topic in General Theravada section, although such discussion would not be permitted in the Classical Theravada sec...

Greetings SarathW, Do we agree that Visuddhimagga is not a reliable source and should not be quoted? This being a Theravada forum, it's entirely appropriate to quote from the Visuddhimagga. My perspective is that it's good to reference any sourced quotation, and then to leave it to the discretion of...

Greetings, Can mind sustained without an object? "From the origination of name-&-form is the origination of the mind. From the cessation of name-&-form is the cessation of the mind." (SN 47.42) What is the object of each Jhana? That depends on what meditation you're doing, doesn't it? There's lots o...

Greetings, As long as the meat comes from an animal that is already dead its fine in Theravada Buddhism. You cant order like a live fish or lobster that will die after you order it. That may be true for monastics... can you cite anything that says this is also true for lay people? Metta, Paul. :)

Greetings User99, ... and that the suffering reduces with everyone new attained level of nirvana. Nibbana is unconditioned, it doesn't come in "levels". If you are speaking here of levels of nobility - e.g. stream-winner, once-returner, non-returner, arahant .... then what is actually happening is t...

Greetings, Given the prevalence of violent racism and homophobia in countries such as Russia, maybe those cockroaches are not so bad after all. Please, no making this about politics, in and of itself. If you wish to do so, please do so at Dhamma Wheel Engaged , or elsewhere on the Internet. This top...

Greetings Sarath, Do not criticise the person but criticise the action. I can't recall where I heard the above phrase but it got some Buddhist tone in it. It is not in accord with the Dhamma. Rather... “Bhikkhus, the fool is characterized by his actions ; the wise person is characterized by his acti...

Greetings Sarath, Does this mean there no person other than the action? Whether this is so, it's not what the phrase means. Rather, it usually means that people get triggered when they have to face up to the reality that they are the ones responsible for their actions. "Criticize the action, not the...